02-04-2010, 01:49 AM
Newton had his chance; Newton HAS his chance as an advisor - failed and is failing.
Bob Sabonjian can still salvage his administration, but has to step it up and get back to the platform on which he campaigned. The current perception is Newton is running the show and things are looking grim.
Time to shed the stigma of insider back room dealings and start fresh. Newton Finn brings history of conflict with the current council and was a poor choice to be Corporation Counsel because of that obvious and documented baggage. However (at least in my opinion) there was hope he'd champion a cleaning of house. Not only has the friction with council remained because of Newton's involvement, adminstrative changes long overdue and justified are being overlooked.
We don't need CLASS in City Hall, we need leaders who can understand and identify what needs to be done to turn Waukegan around. Leaders that can form coalition regionwide to slowly pick apart, piece by piece the cancer that has become politics and buisniess as usual in Waukegan. Sooner or later, somebody has to make the big incision thru 30 years of stigma and tear the flesh of our City to start to pull the tentacles of the disease away from what scarcely remains of a great community.
Bob Sabonjian can still salvage his administration, but has to step it up and get back to the platform on which he campaigned. The current perception is Newton is running the show and things are looking grim.
Time to shed the stigma of insider back room dealings and start fresh. Newton Finn brings history of conflict with the current council and was a poor choice to be Corporation Counsel because of that obvious and documented baggage. However (at least in my opinion) there was hope he'd champion a cleaning of house. Not only has the friction with council remained because of Newton's involvement, adminstrative changes long overdue and justified are being overlooked.
We don't need CLASS in City Hall, we need leaders who can understand and identify what needs to be done to turn Waukegan around. Leaders that can form coalition regionwide to slowly pick apart, piece by piece the cancer that has become politics and buisniess as usual in Waukegan. Sooner or later, somebody has to make the big incision thru 30 years of stigma and tear the flesh of our City to start to pull the tentacles of the disease away from what scarcely remains of a great community.